Juan Gaytan Doctoral Candidate in Learning, Teaching, Cognition, and Development University of California, Irvine | School of Education Dissertation Abstract This dissertation offers an in-depth look at the Latinx male teacher pipeline in order to develop recruitment and retention strategies of Latinx men specifically, and diverse educators more broadly, into the teaching profession. This project…Continue Reading The Latinx Male Teacher Pipeline

Carlos Sandoval Doctoral Candidate in Teaching, Learning, and Educational Improvement University of California, Irvine | School of Education Dissertation Abstract The current dissertation offers an examination into the enactment of a networked improvement community in order to understand how networked improvement methodologies are implemented and how this implementation is and is not equitable and for…Continue Reading Understanding the Practices and Processes of Doing Networked Improvement Science in a Teacher Preparation Network

Director of UCI’s CalTeach Program Doron Zinger (Ph.D. ‘18), Dr. Therese Shanahan, and CalTeach Master Teacher/Math Coordinator Kris Houston published an article on early career teacher resilience in Preparing STEM Teachers: The UTeach Replication Model. ​The title of the article is “Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience Through a CalTeach Preparation Program.” Zinger directs the UCI CalTeach program and teaches…Continue Reading “Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience Through a CalTeach Preparation Program”

Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio (right) is first author of an article in Teaching and Teacher Education examining the role of teacher collaboration. ​The title of the article is “’You can’t close your door here:’ Leveraging teacher collaboration to improve outcomes for immigrant English Learners.” Co-authors are Reva Jaffe-Walter (Montclair State University) and Sarah Klevan (Learning Policy Institute). Villavicencio’s research…Continue Reading “’You can’t close your door here:’ Leveraging teacher collaboration to improve outcomes for immigrant English Learners”

Assistant Professor Adrianna Villavicencio (right) published a report in The Research Alliance for New York City Schools assessing two programs offered by the Center for Racial Justice in Education (CRJE) – Talking about Race, and Racial Justice in Schools. The title of the report is “Building Teacher Capacity to Interrupt Racism in Schools: Studying the Work of the Center for…Continue Reading “Building Teacher Capacity to Interrupt Racism in Schools: Studying the Work of the Center for Racial Justice in Education”

The Equation for Science Learning Associate Professor Hosun Kang Through an NSF CAREER grant, Associate Professor Hosun Kang is supporting students from historically marginalized communities in learning about science in a meaningful way. Despite decades of reform efforts and the use of experiential activities in science instruction, research indicates that science classroom learning for students…Continue Reading Assoc. Prof. Hosun Kang is supporting students from historically marginalized communities in learning about science

NSF Grant: Transfer to Teaching: Accelerated STEM Teacher Preparation from Community College to Credentialing. An interdisciplinary team of UCI faculty and staff led by School of Biological Sciences Associate Teaching Professor Jessica Pratt was recently awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support STEM teacher preparation through UCI’s CalTeach program, where…Continue Reading New Grant Aims to Boost STEM Teacher Education in collaboration with UCI School of Biological Sciences, School of Education, School of Physical Sciences, and CALTEACH